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ROBERT MAGHEY CORL, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MECHANICAL PROCESS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, 01-110, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GLASSWARE-FORMING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed .Tune 9, 1909. Serial No. 501,126.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT M. Conn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have invented new and useful Glassware-Forming Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to handling and forming material. i

This invention has utility when embodied in mechanism for producing articles from semi-plastic substances, especially heated tubular blanks of glass,

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view, with parts broken away, of an embodiment of the invention as adapted to handlev glass blanks of tubular form; Fig. 2 is a development in' elevation of the controlling track feature 'ofthe device; Fig. 3 is a plan view in fragmentary detail of the holding clip feature of the supply device; Fig. 4 is a front elevation, partially in section and with parts broken away, of an article or blank holder and connected features; Fig. 5 is an elevation, with parts broken away of the driving mechanism and graduated speeding up device with the carrier in position adjacent thereto; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail in vertical section of fluid control for the traveling heater device; Fig. 7 is a section on line VII Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a view in elevation, partially broken away of a driving device and traveling heater adapted to be driven from the traveling holder; Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail, partially in section, showing the holding device position as to the blank; Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 4 of the opposing or invertible traveling holder; Fig. 11 is a fragmentary transverse section of the lower carrier; Fig. 12 is a vertical section through the annular traveling holder adapted to shape an article in a former which is not continuous; Fig, 13 is a plan view of one of the holders and the former feature of Fig. 12; Fig. 14 is a perspective view of a former through which the blank may travel during its rotation to be reformed; Fig. 15 is a fragmentary view in elevation of a portion of the mechanism from the blank feeder to the friction disk driving mechanism; Fig. 1G is a view of the driving mechanism following the showing in Fig. 15 to complete a cycle of operations on a blank, these Figs. 15 and 16 being as seen looking from the centerof the machine, and with parts broken away to better illustrate the sequence of the devices; Fig. 17 is an elevation with parts broken away of the feed device with the carrier in osition to remove a blank; Fig. 18 is a 'ragmentary view of the carrier about to clamp a blank as presented by the feed device; Fig. 19 is a detail in section of the telescopic disk carrying rods, showing a flange upon one to coact with" a head upon the other to limit movement; Fig. 20 is a fragmentary view showing transverse section of the heater with a blank therein and mold sections adjacent; Fig. 21 is a fragmentary plan view on a reduced scale showing mold sections adjacent the heater; Fig. 22 is a transverse section of the carrier, with parts broken away, showing the articles in position for fire finishing the tops thereof; Fig. 23 is a plan view of the speeding up device showing in dotted line the travel of carrier disk to driving contact first at center of one friction disk of the device, traveling to its periphery and thence from pcriphery to center of the second friction disk of the device, where it leaves the device; Fig. 24 is a plan View, similar to Fig. 1, but with less broken away; and Fig. 25 is a sideelevation from the outside of the device looking toward a portion of the mechanism adjacent the burner.

Blanks 1 in the form of open ended cylinders of glass of double length as to the size of ware to be produced, are fed to be held by clips 2 into the rotary supply device 3 having the gear 4 coacting intermitten tly with the toothed sections 5 of the annular carrier frame 6. These clips 2 embody a spring arm at one side of an opening (Fig. 3) to yieldingly embrace the tube blank. Each toothed section 5 is of sufiicient length to rotate the supply device 3 a su'flicient distance to bring the next blank 1 in position under a holder 7. When at this point, the track 8 (Figs. 2 and 15) is provided with a bend 9 which permits the holder 7 to drop into position, (Fig. 4) as guided by its central beveled portion 7,

onto the blank 1. Simultaneously, the lower track 10, has an upward bend 11 actuating the lower and opposing holder7 (Figs. 17, 18), so that the blank 1 is engaged at each end, and by continued travel of frame blank 1, by springs 16, as the holder 7 is.

lowered away from the cone 15 to permit of this gripping action.

The heater 17 is shown as comprising opposing oven or burner housing sections with oppositely curved heat deflecting walls 19, that the blasts from the burners 18 may be given a swirling action and thus envelop the rotating traveling blank. The burners 18 are so banked and controlled that the blank is medially heated to permit of severing, while on each side of the middle, regions are heated to thicken the glass as crowded by the holders and also render those re 'ons in proper plastic condition for the re orming desired.

While the blank is traveling through the heater 17, a trip pin 20 carried by frame 6 engages handle 21 of a valve to control water supply from box 22, that the traveling frame 6 may receive from this fixed source a rush of water in passing, which will not afi'ect the blank owing to the intervening heater. The spring returned handle 21 (similar to sprin return valve handle 52) of the valve cuts 0 the water as soon as pin 20 is past, while the water so received passes by duct 23 (Fig. 4) and through nozzles 24 to spray or wash mold sections or formers 25, each wash being eflective for the upper and lower mold sections on the forward side of one pair of holders and on the after side of the next set of holders in advance. This relation of the parts is shown in Fig. 4.

The blank 1 after traveling and rotating through the heater 1? is medially intersected by the converging jaws of the severing device 26, which tends to'divide the blank into upper and lower portions each having a closed end. The bend 27 in the control track lifts the sections or portions somewhat apart to aid in the severing, as well as to space the blanks so that the formers may be admitted to close fully about each portion.

After passing the severing device, rack 28 mounted on the same floor bracket as severing device 26 (Figs. 1, 4 15) intercepts pinion 29, normally held against rotation by the spring pawl 30. Rack 28 is of suflicient length to rotate the relatively traveling pinion 29 suficiently so that the pinion may throw crank 31, and through links 32, 33, 34, and levers 35, bring the mold sections 25 into closed relation about the severed blank driving. mechanism comprising the friction disk 36 driven from similar disk 37. Disk 37 through inion 38, gear 39, and pinion 40 is driven 'om the-motor 41 (Figs. 1, 5). Similar to pinion 38, is pinion 42' connected to drive friction disks similar to 36, 37, and shown in Fig. 5 as connected to one thereof 43. This lower set of friction disks acts to drive the lower blank holder in the same manner that the upper set drives the upper holder.

The carrier 6 is driven by bevel gear 44, from gear 39, which gear 44, meshes with gear 45 on shaft 46 carrying pinion 47 meshing with rack 48 of the upper annular carrier, while gear 49 at the opposite extremity of shaft 46 engages rack 50 to cause the lower annular carrier to travel in synchronism with the upper carrier (Figs. 5, 23).

With the former in position about the blank and the travel of the blank and its holder passing the driving mechanism, provision is made to aid in the forming by su' plying a fluid within the blank. Fixed fluid supply vessel 51 (Figs. 1, 10, 11, 12) is provided with a plurality of valves having spring actuated handles 52, 53, normally in closed position. The carrier 6 in its travel has pin 54 intercepting handle 52, to supply a pufl of air to the blank, while in further progress of the carrier, trip 55 is of suificient length to rock the valve handle so that at least one of the valves opens to keep up pressure in the blank. The lower carrier (Fig. 10) is provided with trips 56, 57, similar to trips 54 and 55 of the upper carrier.

The lower carrier has its mold sections thrown by the fixed rack 58 contacting the traveling pinion 59, which is normally held from rotation by the spring pawl 60 (Fig.

10). With the mold sections 61, correspond ing in general with sections 25 of the upper carrier, and which sections or formers may be of such type as to answerin making bulbs, bottles or ware in hand, and surround an upstanding blank portion 62, the carrier comes to fixed rack 63, which meshes with pinion 64. This pinion 64 is normally held against rotation by the spring pawl 65. This rack 63 causes the traveling pinion 64 to invert the lower carrier, following the bend 66 in the lower control track (Fig. 15).

Control portions 67 and 67" of the track are unflanged, so that fiietion disks 68 may eifectively coact with holder rims 69 and the control tracks.

thereby from the driving mechanism have speed of rotation starting from zero as the carrier first brings disk 69 to contact with disk 36 near its center, (Fig. 23) rise to a maximum as continued travel takes to the periphery of disk 36, while in passing to the center 0 disk 37 the speed is again brought to zero.

While traveling through the heater 17 Figs. 1 and 15) and being severed by the evice 26, the blank is rotated by the disks 69 coacting in their travel with the flanged control tracks 12 and 13.

After passing through the forming op eration of hi hspeed rotation from disks 36, 37, 43 assisted by supply of fluid within the blank from ducts 111, 112 to help in the expanding operation, bends 70 and 71 in the control tracks (Fig. 2), lift the holders 7 off the blank or ware tops, and the travel is continued along portions 72, 73 of In this travel there is provision made for heating the top and simultaneously imparting high speed rotation. The heater shown is'of the traveling type and is connected up to move in synchronism with the carrier so that its jet may play properly on the rotating traveling ware. This is done in this instance by providing gear 74 to mesh with traveling rack 50 (Fig. 8). This gear 74 is mounted on shaft 75 to drive wheel 76 carrying the endless band 77 provided with burners 79 spaced toautomatically have range on each succeeding blank as it is carried past. These burners are fed by flexible gas ducts 80 (Figs.

1, 8 and 16) and air-ducts 81 from a chambered rotary head 82 (Fig. 7) passing gas ports 83 and air ports 84 communicatlng with gas supply chamber 85 and air chamber 86, fed by pipes 87, 88. In this rotation the ports vary in size so that theblast is automatically regulated. On the return side, that is away from the traveling ware, the air is shut off, and gas supply is just suflicient to maintain light. The driving device, in this instance is shown as driven from the carrier, instead of from a separate source of power. Ongthe shaft 75 is fixed the gear'89 in mesh withpinion 90 carried by the frame 91. This pinion .90 serves through gear 92 to drive the annular gear 93 which carries the endless band 94 positioned to contact the rims of the blank holders'and thus impart rotation to the ware.

The heating,molding and fire-finishing of the top of the article is accomplished for the lower portion of the carrier in a similar manner to the upper, from which upper device power is derivedthrough pinion 74', transmitting to pinionjg74" driving the gear wheel 74 corresponding to ear wheel 74. On passing the driving dis 37 Fig. 1) rack 95 similar to rack 28 but the ot er side up, is provided to release the mold sections 25 by reversing the movement caused by rack 28, the holder 7 still retaining the ware, while break 96 in the control track 67 permits frame 97 guided by telescoping rods 98, to fall. This movement away from clamp or holder 99, permits the gripping jaws 100 to be drawn away from the article (Fig. 12) by the spring 101, as lever 102 is free to rock with frame 97 away. So released, holder 99 drops to the frame 97, in contacting which it automatically clamps the ware by its weight acting to rock the levers 102 to. throw the jaws 100 toward the ware agalnst the resistance of springs 101. With this holder grippin the ware, the bend releases upper hol er 7 by lifting it, and band 94 engaging holder 99 rotates the ware. While burners 79 play on the top portion to soften that the bends 103 of the control tracks cause lowering of the holders 7 to act. as formers for the relatix'ely rotating ware (Fig. 12), in passage along control portions 104 of the tracks. When formed, bends 105 lift these holders 7 while the second series of fire finishing burners 79 may play on the article 1' as shown in Fig. 22, during all of whichpleriod the ware is rotated by the band 94. T is portion 106 of the upper track terminates in a dip and pick up portion 107.

The dip permits holder 7 to grip the ware,

while 107 lifts holder 99 oil frame 97 to thus as recited. The cycle of operations then starts anew 'on portions 8, 10 of the control tracks, which are annular, and thereby automatically handle ware through the grouping of devices for continuous production.

In supplyin fluid to the pivotally mounted lower hol er, duct 111 is provided as shown in Fig. 11. For the direct or first puff of air to the upper holder duct 112 (Fig. 4) is shown as communicating with the passage 113 leading to the holder 7. For the second or graduating air-supply, duct 114 havin a resilient section 115 is adopted The resilient section serves to modify the pressure by rendering it more uniform. To urther temper the pressure, closure 116 for duct 114 controls the feed into passage 113 by action of the fly ball device 117, ermittm more air as the device is speede up b dis 36, 37. The fly ball is drlven throng its lower fixed collar 118 connected by spline 119 to the telescoping section 120, coacting with s line 121 to be driven from the rotatable holder.7.'. 1Q f v In the shaping df ware insteiad' of providing formers affording "practically continuous enveloping? walls for ;the gblank, the rotating blank ma berdls''posed tohave rotation relative to arming.- rib's. In: Fig-'12, the blank 122 fisr'shown .asrheld byvholder 99, while disposd between -this*holder 99 and the holder rim: '69tis the frame l23 carrying' 'formerribs, 12} with beveled-ripper portions,

so" that by the 'movement' of frame- 97 to a position adjacent the rim 69, these bevels 125 -may .slide against the rim 69vandthu's be forced into slotseats in the frame 123.' Springs 126 serve tothrow the former ribs into upright position when a the =movement otvframe 123 away from. rim '69: permits. As'this frame 123 reaches the holder 99,

'theheels 127 of the ribs 1241rest on the holder 99 and thus lock the ribs in position and firmlyso hold them during the rotation of the'blank therein while the for ming operationds taking place.

The annular-carriersare sustained uring. their travel by'rollers 128 mounted inlb'xack- ,In this disclosureiit to be -noted'-'that applicant provides means -for holding the the ware -theware travels asto certain of Ware-duringits subjection to the action of devices togethertending 'to produee' a fin 1shedand complete article.- ;.Ficovision* is made for relative, rotationbetween the subjectacted up'on andv the former and :heat'ers, and instead of having .thegdeviees travel to the devices. A3 showing the-further development ofv this phase, the ware may travel even as to the-formers in a similar manner in its travels to the heaters, Fig. 14 showing vthis adaptationjorthe production of a pair oftubulated electric lamp bulbs. {Eire heated blank, rotatin inits' traveh'ha ving-the portions to be re ormed approaching a plasticcondition, is gradually worked into the space between the. formers 130 which are fixed. These formers have the normal spacing '131 near' each terminalfor unchanged underthe holdersT-to be clamped and taken from the-supply device (Figs; & and 15) by the travel of the carrier past bends 9', 11 the control tracks- 8, '10. The ware. is then st m n the blank. Aft'erfzevering, the molds or formers are thrown about the sections of. the blank by fixed radks 28,58, while fixed rack 63rthen inverts the lower blank carrier, so

that each sectionjof"that-blank may, be carried extending ,'downwardly' during the forming operation. The forming is aided by rotation of the blanks from the friction disks as, 37 01; the driving mechanism, the speed startingjx'at zero, as the wheels 68 first contact the centers of disk 36' and similar disk therebelow, while it ends. up. at zero asthe wheels 68 leave the centers of disks then laterifcontinued air supply' controlled by the centrifugal speed reg'ualtor orflyr ball 117. Inequalities of pressure are equal ized by the resilient bulb illiig The Wars is now fort fied, andjin case of bulbs would be complett. In using the molds of Fig. 14

for bulbs, they, wouldbe placed in the seriesof dev ces in place' of the, severing device and in; position similar to the heaters .17. For completing the ware, as bottle necks, or for the handling of blanks, treatment of which mightbegin at this. point, provision is made for heating, shaping 'or-molding as the'forming may be termed, and fire finishing. During this handling for heating, forming and fire finishing, a third form of device for rotating'th e ware is disclosedthe traveling band 94. For the heater, instead of having the wars travel through fixed ovens 1'7, jets 745 are connected up to travel at the same rate as the ware and directed to act on the terminus of the blank to cause it to approach plasticity. The port control automatically governs the intensity oflthis heating.- On passing from this heat, the shaper .or former, in this instanceshown as the holder 7 is brought down, serving to give the lip to'the bottle neck asshown in ltig 9. 'The driving band -91 acting on blank holdingrim ,99 rotates the blankior ware relatively to the forming'holde 7 in this stage. So formed, theforming'holder is removed bythe lift 105 in the tracks,

that a fire finishing heat may be ap lied'to the formed bottle neck or shaped ware; The bottle so treated is completed and discharged by the "control track into chute 108, and the/carriers continue their travel for e*'a-='repetition of the cycle-of operations. The

continuity ofi m aspeanel the eapaeityidue to a possibility of close grouping of the carriers is productive of an installation of great output with a minimum of complicati0nthe actualwork throughout being au tomatically performed.

In the heating as disclosed in Fig. 1, the general idea embodies heating at one point for severing, and heating at points on each side of the severing point to bring to a state permitting ready re-forming. These beatings are shown as occurring at the same time, instead of successively as may often be found desirable in practice.

What is claimed and it is desired to se cure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tubular blank reforming mechanism, comprising a heater for a portion of the blank, aholder having on the under side thereof engaging means for suspending the blank, and mechanically controlled driving means cooperatively interconnected in the mechanism to expose the blank to the heater, said means including a former controlled by the mechanism to act on the heated blank to change the form of the blank while the blank is suspended. 2. A forming mechanism comprising a rotary holder having on the under side thereof engaging means for suspending an open ended tubular blank, a movable mounting for the holder for carrying the holder laterally of its axis of rotation, a heater for the blank, and mechanically controlled driving means coacting with the mounting to effect relative translation between the holder and heater.

3. A re-forming mechanism comprising a cycle of devices including a rotary blank holder, said holder com )rising a clamp embodying relatively mova le sections and concentric therewith a centering portion to engage a blank between the clamp and centering portion, a heater for the blank, and in sequence therewith an expanding device for the blank embodying a fluid duct, a valve for the duct, and a controller for the valve actuated by the mechanism.

4;. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a clamp holder for gripping the ware, an expanding device embodying a fluid duct discharging through the holder to the ware, said holder and a portion of said duct being relatively movable, a valve for the duct, and a valve controller graduating the supply of fluid to the duct, said controller connected to be actuated by relative move ment of the holder to a portion of the duct.

5. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a clamp for gripping the ware, an expanding device embodying a fluid duct discharging through the clamp to the ware, and a trippable controller actuable by relative travel of a portion of the duct to the holder to permit a puff of fluid into the duct.

6. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a clamp holder including relatively movable sections for engaging the ware, an automatic expanding device embodying a fluid duct discharging through the holder to the Ware, and controlling means therefor actuable by relative travel of the holder and a portion of the duct, said means including a trippable connection to permit a puff of fluid into the duct and a graduating controller 'for raising the pressure in the duct.

7. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a sectional holder for the ware, an automatic expanding device embodying a fluid duct to the held ware, said devicehaving a resilient section'eifectivc to equalize the fluid pressure in the duct, a supply valve for the section, and a controller for the valve actuated by relative movement of a portion of the duct to the holder.

8. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a ware supplying device, a holder having on the under side thereof engaging means to engage the upper end of ware from the supply device, said holder in addition to its travel, having actuating means to effect movement relatively to the ware in the supply 'dev1ce to engage such ware, a heater to act upon the upright ware in the holder, at former of contour to shape the ware, mechanically controlled driving means for bringing the former and ware into operative position, and means for rotating the ware as to the former.

A glassware forming mechanism comprising a supply device, a holder having on the under side thereof means to engage a charge from the device, a heater to act upon the charge in the holder, a former of contour to shape the charge, mechanically controlled driving means for bringing the former and charge into operative position, and a variable speed driving mcchanism eiicctive to gradually bring the charge up to normal speed of rotation.

10. A glassware forn'iing mechanism comprising a supply device, a normally rotating holder having on the under side thereof means to receive and engage a charge from the supply device, a former of contour to shape the charge, mechanically controlled driving means for bringing the former and charge into operative position, and variable speed driving mechanism connected to cause an increase in the relative rotation between the charge and the former. I

11. A glassware forming mechanism coiuprising a traveling holder having engaging means for the upper end of a charge, a supply device from which the holder may secure an upright charge, automatically actuated driving mechanism to move the holder toward and from the supply device, and a heater to which the holder may convey the charge.

vice and cause the holder to carry the charge through the heater. I

13. A glassware forming mechanism comprising the combinationiwith a heater and a relatively traveling ware holder having on" the under side thereof ware engaging means, of driving mechanism comprising connections to rotate the holder while the ware is being acted upon by the heater, a former of contour to shape the ware, said former and ware brought into operative position by the mechanism, and devices including variable speed mechanism causing the holder to give the heated ware increased rotative speed as to the former.

14. A glassware forming mechanism comprising the combination with a supply device, a former of contour to shape a charge,

a heater, and a driving mechanism, hf a relatively traveling holder having on the under side thereof engaging means for receiving the upper end of a charge from the supply device, subjecting such. charge to the action of the heater to bring the charge into operative relation as to the former and to rotation by the driving mechanism relatively to the former.

15. A glassware forming mechanism comprising the combination with a supply de-' vice, a heater, a sectional former, and at driving mechanism, of a relatively travels ing holder having engaging means for the upper end of a charge from the supply device and subjecting such charge to the action of the heater, to bring the charge into operative relation as to the former and to, rotation by the driving mechanism.

16. A glassware forming mechanism com-, prising the combination with a former of contour to shape ware, of a rotary relatively traveling ware holder for presenting the ware to the former, said holder having on the under side thereof ware engaging means, said ware and former being brought; lnto operative position by the mechanism, and a variable speed driving mechanism having connections for increasing. the rotative speed of the holder.

17 A glassware forming mechanism comprising the combination with a former and a rotary relatively traveling ware holder for presenting ware to the former, of a driving mechanism for increasing the rotative speed of the holder, said mechanism including mechanically actuated connections to cause re- 'pI-lSing a supply device, a pair of holders lative travel'bctwccn the former and Ware holder, and a fluid supply device automatically coacting to aid in expanding the ware.

18. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a device for sustaining ware in a vertical position, a heater for a terminus of the vertically sustained ware, a shaper for molding the'heated terminus of the vertically sustained ware, means for throwing the shaper, and driving mechanism causing continuous travel of thedevice at a uniform rate during the heating and molding operations. p

19. A re-formin'g mechanism comprising holding means for vertically disposing a blank, means for severing the blank, a trip for inverting one of the portions of the blank, and driving mechanism to cause relative travel of the holding means and severing means, and of the holding means and trip.

:20. A glassware mechanism comprising a pair of clamping holders for vertically disposing a blank and a fixed narrowing crotch into which crotch the blank is movable .for horizontally severing the blank between the holders.

21. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a traveling ware holder having on one side thereof ware engaging clamping means, a trip device engaging and inverting the holder during its travel, a mold for the inverted ware, and driving means to efl ect relative rotation between the mold and ware.

22. A re-forming mechanism comprising a blank holder,fa heater for a portion of the blank, and means to engage the heated portion comprising a narrowing crotch in the line of relative blank 'travel,- into which crotch the blank is receivedfor severing the blank at such portion of the blank engaged by the crotch.

23. A re-forming mechanism comprising a rotary blank holder, a heater fora portion of the blank, and means for engaging the heated blank portion comprising a fixed narrowing crotch into which the blank is movable for severing the blank at such heated portion of the blank engaged by the crotch.

24. A re-forming mechanism comprising a pair of blank holders disposed one above the other to receive a common vertically extending blank, said holders having vertically opposing blank engaging means, narrowing crotch means for severing such blank by relative movement of the blank into the crotch, a former for each of the severed portions of the blank as to which formers the holders position the portions of the blank, and driving connections for rotating the holders.

25. A. glassware forming mechanism comdisposed one above the other for receiving a vertically extendin charge from the supply device, a heater or the charge, a severing device for the heated charge, forming means for the severed portions of the charge, driving-mechanism for rotating the charge portions when subjected to the formin means, and release means for freeing, th former charge portions.

26. A glassware forming 'mechanism comprising a traveling holder having a centering portion for entering the ware to be held,

a surrounding portion embodying sections movable relatively to each other acting in connection with the centering portion to hold the ware therebetween, mechanism controlled by the holder travel to actuate the surrounding sections for engaging and disengaging the ware, and a heater to which the holder subjects the ware.

27. lassware forming mechanism com} prising t e combination with a heater, and a driving mechanism, of a relatively continuously traveling holder having means for engaging the upper end of an upright charge of ware and subjecting such ware to the action of the heater and to rotation by the driving mechanism, and mechanically controlled devices for operatingv the ware engaging means'.

28. A glassware formin mechanism comprising a ware holder em odying a centering device and a clamp embodying sections movable relativel to each other concentric with the device or engaging therebetween an upright blank, mechanism controlled by the holder travel to actuate the clamp sections for engagin and disengaging Ware, and a former for t e blank ware as to which former the ware may be given relative rotation by the holder, anddriving means for rotating the holder.

29. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a holder for an upright article, a sectional former movable to operative position as to the article, a driving device providing relative rotation. between the article and former, and heating means for the article before and after forming.

30. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a suppl device, a discharge device, a travelin hol er for transporting an article from t e supply device to the dis harge device, and a synchronously traveling eater to act upon the article carried by the holder.

31. The combination in a glassware han- I dling mechanism of holding means for an .taining the artic e in position as to the fireupri ht article, a sectional-former for the artic e a fire'finisher to act upon the article after the formin said holding means mainhand in the finisher during the fire finishing, and driving mechanism controlling the action in sequence of the formcr'and fire finisher.

32. A glassware forming mechanism comprising devices automatically performing in sequence to produce ware, including a heater for the Ware, a severing device to act upon the heated ware, a rotating device for turning the severed ware, a fluid supply device connected to the rotated ware to aid in the forming thereof, and means for shaping the terminus of the formed ware embodying a second heater for said ware terminus, a second former to coact with said heated terminus, and a fire finisher for said formed terminus, in combination with driving mechanismconnected to present a blank to said devices in succession.

33. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a supply device, a blank holder ated means for inverting said holder to thereby cause the blank to hang downwardly, connections for supplyin fluid to said inverted holder to expand t e blank, and means for operatin ing means and for rotating the blank on its own axis.

35. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a supply device, a blank holder charged by the device, a heater for the holder carried blank, means for inverting said holder to thereby cause the blank to hang downwardly, an expandin device for the blank, and driving means e ecting relative travel of the holder from the supply device to the expanding device.

36. A glassware forming mechanism comprising a supply device, a blank holder charged by the supply device, mechanically actuated means for inverting said holder to thereby cause the blank to hang downwardly, and driving mechanism for operating the holder inverting means and for rotatingthe holder on the blank axis.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my resence of two witnesses. OBERT MACHEY CORL. Witnesses:

C. H. RAuoH, GnoIE. KmK.

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